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step aside en · VERB
Pronunciation
Meanings
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(intransitive) To move out of the way of somebody or something.
I stepped aside to let her pass.
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(figuratively, intransitive) To make room for others as replacements by withdrawing from a position or service.
She added: “Today I ask Donald Trump to step aside and for the RNC to replace him with Gov. Mike Pence.”
2016 October 8, Katie Glueck, quoting Carly Fiorina, “Top Republican women pull support from Trump”, in Politico:
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(intransitive) To deviate from the right or proper path; to err or stray.
To step aside is human.
18th c., Robert Burns, Address to the Unco Guid, or The Rigidly Righteous
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(intransitive) To walk to a little distance; retire for the occasion.
Forms
Coordinates
step down
Relateds
step up